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Row \Row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rowing.]
[AS. r?wan; akin to D. roeijen, MHG. r["u]ejen,
Dan. roe, Sw. ro, Icel. r?a, L. remus oar, Gr. ?, Skr.
aritra. [root]8. Cf. Rudder.]
1. To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the
surface of water; as, to row a boat.
2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the
captain ashore in his barge.
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Row \Row\, a. & adv. [See Rough.]
Rough; stern; angry. [Obs.]
``Lock he never so row.''
--Chaucer.
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Row \Row\, n. [Abbrev. fr. rouse, n.]
A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl. [Colloq.]
--Byron.
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Row \Row\, n. [OE. rowe, rawe, rewe, AS. r[=a]w, r?w; probably
akin to D. rij, G. reihe; cf. Skr. r?kh[=a] a line, stroke.]
A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a
line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or
columns.
And there were windows in three rows. --1 Kings vii.
4.
The bright seraphim in burning row. --Milton.
Row culture (Agric.), the practice of cultivating crops in
drills.
Row of points (Geom.), the points on a line, infinite in
number, as the points in which a pencil of rays is
intersected by a line.
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Row \Row\, v. i.
1. To use the oar; as, to row well.
2. To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.
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Row \Row\, n.
The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.
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